New bike for National Champs- £4700

So... I've created this as I have the dream of doing the National Championships in the summer of 2016, and am desperate for some form of funding from anyone to help me achieve my goal of being able to afford a new bike, as for me, it's not easy. I've chosen £200 as my goal simply because I feel anymore isn't going to be realistic!

Why I need help with funding, and why I need a new bike?

The current bike I have is just no longer fit for biking let alone racing anymore. Whilst I have loved almost every moment I've had on the bike, it is now way too small for me, I'm 6ft 1" and my bike is a size small (built for someone who is a lot smaller than me, like 5 ft 4"...), I got it when I was 16 and I am now 19 and desperately want and need a new bike that is safe to ride and race basically. Especially because this bike is no longer safe, and spending money on it now to fix it all up would be way too costly and unfortuantely, not worth it.

Whilst I've been bought up in a wealthy area, my family are far from it really, and so all of my friends around me who do biking have had things given to them from their parents and act like it's nothing much, whereas for me it'd be so greatly appreciated, and so it's kind of always been a bit hard for me being around them as I'm always wishing I could have the latest stuff they have.
I had to save up for my current bike for over a year and a half by saving my school lunch money (as I got no pocket money), doing so so many jobs for family friends and so forth. I've always had to work for what I wanted, and it has made me appreciate things a whole lot more.

I'm now at University in my second year in Plymouth and got a job at build a bear in October to put money towards a new bike, whilst trying to save my student finance and eat as little as possible as all I want is a new bike. Unfortunately, I'm in a 'rich kids' sport, the bikes cotst £2500+... I currently have £150 towards it.  I am going to sell my bike when I find someone who wants it, once I done it up to the best of my ability, in an aim to get more money towards my new one. My parents can't afford to give me any money towards it, and I'm basically asking for help to get me to my dream of finally having a new bike and being able to finally enter the national champs! 

Any money, and I really mean any at all, would be so greatly appreciated as hey, it'd mean I am that little bit closer to my goal. Whilst I'm chuffed for my mates, it kind of kills me inside seeing my mates getting new £2500+ bikes each year, whilst I'm here with mine kind of not being able to ride properly anymore due to it not working properly and me being too tall. 

I realise I'm one of many people out there who wants or needs money for different things. But if you could, I'd be incredibly greatful and it'd make my dream of national champs come true that little bit closer. 

Check out the video below that I created of my mates and I. This is what we get up to, and what I'd like to if I get the chance...



Thanks for looking, 

Ben :)